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News, information and research from Boston UniversityWed, 21 Sep 2011 18:14:24 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1BYSO fundraiser tonighthttp://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2011/05/05/byso-fundraiser-tonight/
http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2011/05/05/byso-fundraiser-tonight/#commentsThu, 05 May 2011 13:33:37 +0000http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/?p=8646Ever wonder who those high school students are practicing at CFA all weekend? It’s Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras (BYSO), now in its 53rd season, and tonight they are holding their inaugural spring Celebratory Event at Mandarin Oriental Boston from 6:30-9:00 PM. Along with their Honorary Host Committee Members Yo-Yo Ma, Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino and Angela Menino and actor Stephen Lang, BYSO will host hundreds of guests to celebrate the achievements of BYSO’s young musicians. The centerpiece of the evening is a performance by fifty BYSO musicians led by Music Director, Federico Cortese. Tickets are $150 and can be purchased by calling 617-358-0280.

]]>http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2011/05/05/byso-fundraiser-tonight/feed/0New “Boston High Scholars” honoredhttp://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2010/06/17/new-boston-high-scholars-honored/
http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2010/06/17/new-boston-high-scholars-honored/#commentsThu, 17 Jun 2010 14:34:05 +0000http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/?p=5984Twenty-one of the best and brightest of this year’s Boston public high school graduates are the latest class of honorees in the Boston University Boston High School Scholarship Program, the largest and longest-running such program for urban public high school students in the nation. In ceremonies hosted by BU President Robert Brown and Mayor Thomas Menino, the 21 were awarded $3.3 million worth of four-year full-tuition scholarships –bringing to $132 million in scholarships for 1,759 scholars since then BU President John Silber launched the program in 1973. This year’s winners share an “upward bound” weekend in New Hampshire before spending next week on the BU campus in an orientation program of lectures, labs and receiving their housing assignments for next fall.